Protester carrying a sign while marching in an anti-Trump rally in New York City in 2016. By Annie “Q” Sajid This past President’s Day, many anti-Trump rallies...
Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond), introduced a bill that implements a tax on private prisons that operate in California. The tax revenue generated by the bill will...
The City Council’s Life Enrichment Committee this week discussed a proposed resolution—sponsored by Councilmembers Lynette Gibson McElhaney and Larry Reid—to kick start the city’s new Department...
Council responds to mayor’s attempt to redirect funds for public health to close the city’s budget. The City Council’s Life Enrichment Committee on Tuesday approved a...
Desley Brooks’ campaign for reelection to the District 6 seat on the Oakland City Council was endorsed this week by prominent activist Bobby Seale, co-founder of...
By Manny Otiko | California Black Media State Senate leader Kevin de Leon is being accused of being insensitive to the Black gay community. De Leon...
Speakers concerned about Chief Kirkpatrick’s interference in council decisions; Her actions also cost her former employer, City of Spokane, $1.7 million jury award Conflicts about...
Local Attorney Pamela Price spoke last weekend at a packed house meeting in Berkeley about her campaign to replace incumbent Nancy O’Malley to become the next...
A new City of Oakland report showd that during the past two years African American workers obtained a little over 9 percent of journeyman and apprentice...
High school students were among those who came out to speak at the Public Safety Committee meeting in Nov. 10 to oppose Oakland Police Department participation...
Sources are concerned Mayor Schaaf advocated for rules change to remove Kaplan. The Alameda County Mayors’ Conference will decide on March 14 whether it will...
By Danette Mitchell Vallejo NAACP Vice President and upcoming City Council candidate Hakeem Brown recently delivered a no-holds-barred speech last week at the Martin Luther King...
From Africa in Transition, Blog Post by John Campbell Far from dissipating, African anger is building over President Donald Trump’s negative characterization of Africa on January 11. African leaders...
Representative Barbara Lee honored two UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidates for their efforts to halt a Republican tax proposal that would have forced graduate students to pay...
Tenants’ rights advocates flood state capitol building, vow to take issue to ballot box A bill to repeal statewide restrictions on rent control is dead in...
City staff, along with Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan (front left) and Abel Guillén, hosted a meeting Monday evening at City Hall to hear community feedback on proposed...
The City of Oakland is hosting a public meeting Monday, Jan 8 for Oakland’s small, minority and women-owned construction firms to learn about the latest proposal...
District 6 City Councilmember Desley Brooks is sponsoring an ordinance that would set aside 5 percent of the city’s capital improvement project costs to support some...
By Jeremy Cloward, Ph.D. and Makenna McDonald In ancient Rome, Marcus Licinius Crassus was one of the richest men in Roman history and a member of...
By Rashidah Grinage December 13, 2017 saw the inauguration of the Oakland Police Commission, which resulted from the will of the 83 percent of Oakland voters...
Speakers Tuesday evening at the East Oakland Congress of Neighborhoods rally at Oakland City Hall included: (L to R): Mercedes De la Torre of Communities for a Better...
From left to right: K Patrice Williams, President; Latressa Wilson Alford, Vice President; Danette Mitchell, Secretary; Peggy Cohen Thompson, Political Educator Director, the Honorable Dezie Woods-Jones,...
Dr. Willie P. Blair, BAPAC State Interim President. Photo by Steve Peterson Photography. The Black American Political Association of California (BAPAC) elected a new interim president...
Jonah Ifcher from Jewish Youth for Community Action places cardboard gravestones with epitaphs for lungs, clean air, etc. along the raised planter encircling developer Phil Tagami’s...
Veteran firefighter Darin White has been named Oakland’s new fire chief. An Oakland native with 30 years in the fire service, 20 of which were dedicated...
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